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The ban on alcohol consumption in view of the pitch is a UK government legislation that has been in place in the highest five tiers of the men’s game since 1985 in an attempt to deal with hooliganism, a major problem for the sport that decade.—Jessy Parker Humphreys, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 That charge came months after his conviction on unrelated charges of violating Russia’s religious liberty and hooliganism laws connected to the burning of a copy of the Quran.—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024 The Den was notorious, closed a record five times by the Football Association because of hooliganism before the gates were padlocked permanently in 1993 ahead of the switch to Senegal Fields, so named because a street of houses called Senegal Road had once stood there.—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024 Police have blamed the disorder on people associated with the now-defunct English Defence League (EDL), a far-right Islamophobic organisation founded 15 years ago, whose supporters have been linked to football hooliganism.—Sara Lomelin, Fortune Europe, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hooliganism
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